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That being said, Tal was plagued with illness right from his youth.He was never in complete health.Besides, he was a heavy drinker & a chain smoker, and used to enjoy life.Some of his quotes are famous in the chess world..
On his own tactics he says..."Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It’s been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too."
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine".
"I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't think that there is anything bad in such a feeling; no artist or musician is indifferent to the reactions of the public".
"Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! " - (Tal on Fischer's claim that he could beat any woman at knight odds)
WahWahWeeks wrote:
I am new to chess.com; as well as thanking you all for sharing these fantastic pictures, I just had to say how nice it is to read forums where people can hold different opinions without using aggressive and vulgar language. I hoped there might be such a place somewhere in the internet!
To be safe, you may want to hunker down in this particular thread. It is easily the best forum thread you will find on chess.com.
Should you decide to broaden your forum thread horizon, you may become disillusioned.
Capablanca in a simul. Hopefully not a repost.
Nice to see this is alive.
Euwe versus Botvinnik. Judging from the board position, the picture was taken at the Nottingham tournament in 1936, some time after black made his 27th move.
Yes i think little Reshevsky takes the cake.
Little "Jukta" Polgar playing former FIDE president Campomanes blindfold rapid, and not doing too shabby it seems ...
Quiet confidence. Judit and Zsofia Polgar at the 1988 Chess Olympiad at Thessaloniki, where 12-year-old Judit, playing 2nd Board, scored 12.5/13.0 and helped Hungary win the Gold - 1/2 point over the "unbeatable" Soviet team.
Judit Polgar (2nd from left) after winning the "Under-14" world championship (not sure what year). The other children pictured won the following categories (from left to right, skipping over Polgar): Girls "Under-10"; Boys "Under-10"; Girls "Under-12"; Girls "Under-14"; and "Under-12" (Boys?, not specified).
A few more picture of slightly older Judit Polgar:
Judit trying out her stuff against an early version of the Fritz computer program in 1993, taken I believe by Frederic Friedel. A young future World Champion, Vishy Anand, observes her work.
The source for this picture indicated it was taken at Linares, likely 1994 by how young everyone looks. I couldn't find the game, judging by the layout of the board, but I assume it to be an offhand game ... I don't think her sisters and onlookers were allowed that close during the official games ... anyone with any info on this picture? I would love to know her opponent - and the outcome of the game.
The Polgar-Spassky match, held in 1993. Judit won the 10-game encounter, 5.5 to 4.5. She had won the match after 9 games with 5.5 points to only 3.5 for Boris, but they played the final game anyway, which Boris won. Interesting side note: this event took place not long after Spassky's rematch with Fischer. After the first 9 games of that match (which was 30 games in total), Fischer led by 5.5 to 3.5, the same score as Polgar earned in her first 9 games with Spassky.
Standing, from left to right:
Kramnik, Khalifman, Capablanca, Polgar, Smyslov, Steinitz, Fischer, Anand, Petrossian, Tal, Euwe.
Seated, from left to right:
Kasparov, Spassky, Alekhine, Karpov, Botvinnik, Lasker
Here's a start.
This was solved already in another thread. At table left to right, Kasparov, Spassky, Alekhine, Karpov, Botvinnik, Lasker. Standing, left to right: Kramnik, the artist himself, Capa, Polgar, Smyslov, Steinitz, Fischer, Anand, Petrosian, Tal, Euwe.
What's Polgar doing in that crowd?
bjazz wrote:
What's Polgar doing in that crowd?
Token female.
Nicolas Rossolimo